Osage County News

A three-county vehicle chase early Monday morning ended in the arrest of a Paola man and the recovery of a pickup truck reported stolen earlier in Linn County.

An Osage City teenager who died early Sunday in an Osage County accident was driving a stolen grain truck at the time, said Osage County Sheriff Laurie Dunn.

The Osage County Sheriffa s Office is investigating a weekend wreck that killed an Osage City teen.

The Osage County Sheriffa s department is asking for public assistance as they investigate an accident that killed an Osage City teenager early Sunday morning.

Deputies say they were called about an accident shortly after midnight Saturday at 333rd street and Hoch road in southwest Osage County .

A Jamesport man who escaped from the Holt County Jail on Christmas Day received a 13-year state prison sentence for the crime of stealing a sheriff's patrol car, and an earlier vehicle theft.

While ita s not considered the golden child of Kansas crops like its cousins corn and wheat, grain sorghum remains a sure bet to produce a crop in the High Plains.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development division announced Wednesday that it had awarded the funds to projects in Pottawatomie and Osage counties.

Authorities say a 37-year-old man has died after intentionally setting fire to his home in northeast Kansas' Osage City.

A Kansas woman was killed in a one vehicle accident in Osage County early today.

Kansas State Fire Marshalls suspect arson is involved in a fire that happened just after midnight Friday morning.

Wabaunsee Precision Bombing Range No. 2 near Alma was used during World War II to train pilots and bomber crews.

Meredith Foulke, 13, of Overbrook, is one of three Kansans who will compete in this weeka s National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. T-e-s-t your spelling abilities THE COMPETITION The National Spelling Bee will have 293 spellers in 2009, 150 boys and 143 girls, which is more than ever.

A two-hour search for an Osage County child who wandered away from her home Saturday ended successfully with the help of volunteers, authorities said.

An Osage City man is in police custody after a police standoff that lasted about five hours Tuesday morning.

Tony Award winners John Lithgow and Cherry Jones will head the cast of a private reading of Ketti Frings' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Look Homeward, Angel on May 18.

Casey Speer, right, shows his find to his wife, Shena, and baby, CJ. They took part in a geocaching event in Osage County on April 18.

Investigation is continuing into a residential burglary, as well as other offenses, after Osage City Police arrested two teenagers Friday.

SCRANTON , Kan. - A young Scranton girl was bitten by a dog late Monday night, according to Osage County Sheriff Laurie Dunn .

A 2-year-old boy who was mauled by a dog late Monday in Osage City was being transported by private vehicle to a Topeka hospital, officials said.